Legal Opinion

Frazee v. Maschner

Court of Appeals of Kansas

Decided February 25, 1988No. 60,436PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Briscoe, J.:

Petitioner Kenneth L. Frazee appeals the district court’s affirmance of the denial of his good time credits, contending (1) the district court erred in finding the unit team at the Kansas State Penitentiary did not abuse its discretion in awarding Frazee only 85 percent of the available good time credits; and (2) denial of good time credits without any type of due process violated the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Initially, Frazee had a medium custody classification and resided in A cellhouse. In 1984 when he was reclassified as minimum custody, prison…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Jago v. Van CurenSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Earl X. Smoake v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Searcy v. SimmonsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
  2. In Re Habeas Corpus Application of PierpointSupreme Court of Kansas · 2001
  3. Ramirez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1997
  4. State v. GolstonSupreme Court of Kansas · 2000
  5. Muldrow v. HanniganCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2000

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